Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus), Denali National Park, Alaska
The colourful autumnal tundra of Alaska presents a feast for the eye and for the taste buds.
The salmon-pink fruits of the cloudberry are a gourmet's delight, although the neighbouring red fruits of the low-bush cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) are rather sharp in flavour and best experienced as jam. The leaves of the cranberry are small, glossy and oval (as at the bottom centre of the picture). The fine, closely spaced, narrow leaves (on the right) of the crowberry are occasionally accompanied by an edible black berry.
The taller plant with narrow leaves is Labrador tea (Ledum palustre) -- to name but a few of the local tundra species. From a slide.
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Cloudberry (Rubus chamaemorus), Denali National Park, Alaska
The colourful autumnal tundra of Alaska presents a feast for the eye and for the taste buds.
The salmon-pink fruits of the cloudberry are a gourmet's delight, although the neighbouring red fruits of the low-bush cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) are rather sharp in flavour and best experienced as jam. The leaves of the cranberry are small, glossy and oval (as at the bottom centre of the picture). The fine, closely spaced, narrow leaves (on the right) of the crowberry are occasionally accompanied by an edible black berry.
The taller plant with narrow leaves is Labrador tea (Ledum palustre) -- to name but a few of the local tundra species. From a slide.
211020 005-2
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All images are the property of the photographer and may not be reproduced, copied, downloaded, transmitted or used in any way without the written permission of the photographer, who can be contacted by registering with flickr and using flickrmail.
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